The plastic rails in the Kahr are there just to help you reassemble the slide to the frame. You can cut them off and the gun will still operate.
The plastic rails in the Kahr are there just to help you reassemble the slide to the frame. You can cut them off and the gun will still operate.
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There is a one-piece metal rail insert in the front part of the frame and there are two metal mini-rails at the top rear and forward of the very back of the frame. The slide is entirely supported by these metal rails and the front one is really substantial... a one-piece affair mostly embedded out of sight.
Here's a kaboom picture - not mine! that exposed the front rail assembly:
And here is a picture from the Kahr patent.pdf with the two sets of steel rails pictured above the frame:
And, as pointed out by skyflydive in the next post, I do believe that #118 shows the location of the notch or "chip" from the rail used in manufacturing the rails.
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Hey look! #118 shows where the notch in the rail is.
Couldn't resist...
would be a real b!tch to get the slide back on though, but ur basically right. Thats why when we read of a post of slivers showng up on the polymer rails, it is just the high spots on those polymer rails beng worn down by thge slide action. They do give the frame some strength though in that area and with the slide on the gun, there is no way that frame area can project outward either, as the slide does hold the frame into correct position also. Just sayin
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